Social Work Intern, Anxiety Disorders Center

Summary:

The Child Mind Institute offers 2nd year MSW graduate students a clinical social work internship in the Anxiety Disorders Center (ADC). The Anxiety Disorders Center specializes in treating children, teens and young adults with a variety of anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety, separation anxiety, phobias, and selective mutism (SM). The program offers innovative, unique treatments in both standard outpatient and intensive outpatient modalities. Social work interns will receive specialized training in evidenced-based treatment for anxiety disorders including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Parent Child Interaction Therapy adapted for Selective Mutism (PCIT-SM). Social work interns will carry their own case load of individual clients and will also have opportunities to co-lead groups. Social work interns may also have opportunities to be involved in individual and group intensive treatment programs as part of our social anxiety, OCD and selective mutism programs. Social work interns may also provide school and home-based interventions, when clinically indicated. 

As a component of the training experience, social work interns will participate in a variety of learning experiences at the Child Mind Institute. Specifically, social work interns will attend didactics, clinical meetings with center staff, and attend lectures through our Visiting Professor Series, consisting of renowned experts in mental health. Social work interns will also receive weekly individual and group supervision. 

Primary Faculty:

The Anxiety Disorders Center staff includes leading clinical psychologists, social workers and mental health counselors.  Center staff regularly collaborates with pediatric neuropsychologists, child and adolescent psychiatrists, and child and adolescent psychologists and other staff from our multidisciplinary clinical team. 

• Sandra Whitehouse, PhD, Senior Director, Anxiety Disorder Center
• Alana Cooperman, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker
• Tess Crane, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker
• Qiuyuan Liu, LCSW, DSW, Clinical Social Worker
• John Wyetzner, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker
• Kayla Samuels, LMSW, Social Worker
• Janine Domingues, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
• David Friedlander, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist
• Jessica Janze, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
• Melissa Jeffay, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist
• Kathryn Keough, PhD, Clinical Psychologist 
• Alnardo Martinez, LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
• Josefina Toso Salman, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
• Stephanie Schwartz, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist 
• Michelle Thirkield, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist
• Emma Woodward, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
• Emma Zoloth, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist

Learning Opportunities:

• Supervision: Interns will receive one hour of individual supervision per week, as well as group supervision for our specialized programs. In-vivo supervision is also available. Group supervision for specialized programs occurs fully in person with an option to join remotely. Based on intern preference and flexibility to coordinate with supervisor schedule, individual supervision can be available in-person. Supervisors have an open-door policy and make themselves available to the extent that schedules allow. 
• Didactics: Interns will have training didact